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22. Document No. 8. [Session
BY-LAWS.
BOARD OF SUPERVISOES,
The annual meeting of tlie Supervisors shall be held on the
first Monday in November ; but all other meetings may be
held at such stated times as shall be agreed upon.
In the absence of the President, the senior supervisor shall
preside at the meetings : and when the Clerk is absent, a Clerk
pro temijore shall be appointed.
All questions brought forward for the consideration of the
Board shall be submitted in writing, and decided by a majority
of the members ]:»resent.
Tlie Executive Committee shall consist of three members,
two of whom shall reside in the city of Kaleigh, and be fully
competent to transact business.
They shall be, in the absence of the Board of Supervisors,
the advising body with whom the Superintendent of the Asy-lum
shall confer in regard to the business of the Institution ;
and they shall be clothed with full powers to do all acts which
a full Board could do, except in such cases as the law requires
the action of a full Board, or where prevented by a special
order of the Board ; and they shall meet monthly at the Asy-lum,
or such place in the city of Raleigh as may be agreed
upon, for the transaction of all business within the scope of
their duties. On these occasions it shall be their especial duty
to examine the books of the Treasurer, and to examine and
audit the accounts of tlie Steward for the expenditures of the
preceding month ; and if they find them correct, to draw on
the Treasurer for such sums as may be necessary to pay them
off, and to meet the expenses of the current month, if deemed
advisable.
The Committee shall keei? a journal of their proceedings.

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22. Document No. 8. [Session
BY-LAWS.
BOARD OF SUPERVISOES,
The annual meeting of tlie Supervisors shall be held on the
first Monday in November ; but all other meetings may be
held at such stated times as shall be agreed upon.
In the absence of the President, the senior supervisor shall
preside at the meetings : and when the Clerk is absent, a Clerk
pro temijore shall be appointed.
All questions brought forward for the consideration of the
Board shall be submitted in writing, and decided by a majority
of the members ]:»resent.
Tlie Executive Committee shall consist of three members,
two of whom shall reside in the city of Kaleigh, and be fully
competent to transact business.
They shall be, in the absence of the Board of Supervisors,
the advising body with whom the Superintendent of the Asy-lum
shall confer in regard to the business of the Institution ;
and they shall be clothed with full powers to do all acts which
a full Board could do, except in such cases as the law requires
the action of a full Board, or where prevented by a special
order of the Board ; and they shall meet monthly at the Asy-lum,
or such place in the city of Raleigh as may be agreed
upon, for the transaction of all business within the scope of
their duties. On these occasions it shall be their especial duty
to examine the books of the Treasurer, and to examine and
audit the accounts of tlie Steward for the expenditures of the
preceding month ; and if they find them correct, to draw on
the Treasurer for such sums as may be necessary to pay them
off, and to meet the expenses of the current month, if deemed
advisable.
The Committee shall keei? a journal of their proceedings.